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Saturday, May 05, 2012

Bayne, Wood Brothers Add Four New Cup Races

The legendary Wood
Brothers’ No. 21 Ford and driver Trevor Bayne will carry the colors of Good Sam
and Camping World for four races this season, beginning with the NASCAR Sprint
All-Star Race at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 19. The No. 21 Ford Fusion
will also represent Good Sam/Camping World in Sprint Cup races at Atlanta Motor
Speedway on Sept. 2, Chicagoland Speedway on Sept. 16 and Charlotte Motor
Speedway on Oct. 13.

The pairing is not the
first for the two companies. Bayne drove the Good Sam/Camping World No. 21 Ford
Fusion in last year’s Aaron’s 499 at Talladega Superspeedway.

Bayne adds four races

The latest deal with
Good Sam/Camping World extends the Wood Brothers’ 2012 schedule from 12 to 16
races, and that’s important for the Woods and Bayne. “I’m excited to be back
with Good Sam and Camping World,” Bayne said. “Getting to run more races is
good for me as a driver and good for our race team.”

Bayne also feels like
he has some unfinished business with Good Sam and Camping World. He was supposed
to race for them in last year’s All-Star race, but was unable to because of an
illness. “I wound up in the hospital and was really bummed about that,” he
said.

Now; in addition to
getting to run the All-Star race, he will have the opportunity to add three
intermediate tracks to his schedule.

“Atlanta’s one of my
favorite tracks,” he said. “I love running at Charlotte in the fall, and
Chicagoland will be good too.”

For team co-owner
Eddie Wood, it’s especially nice to add races at Charlotte Motor Speedway, which
is just a couple of miles from the team’s shop in Harrisburg, and at Atlanta,
where the Woods lead all others in race victories with 12.

“We’d like to thank
Marcus Lemonis of Good Sam/Camping World for supporting us in these 4 races.
“We’re really excited to get the opportunity to run the two races right here at
Charlotte, and it’s great for our team to be returning to Atlanta and Chicago,”
Wood said. “Donnie Wingo and the crew have built some really fast race cars
lately, so the timing is perfect to add races to our schedule.”